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This is a statement from Katherine Hardester, the mother of Una, who was central to the Hannon miscarriage of justice.  It paints the usual picture of incompetence that we have come to expect of our police force in Ireland.
Una Hardester’s Mother Speaks Out
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Michael Hannon Innocent of Sexual Assault

Hugh Orde is due to step down as Chief Constable of the PSNI, and now I hear speculation that he might be replaced by a member of the Gardaí, but I think this is unlikely.
Why?
Because a basic requirement of the job is the ability to talk without dribbling, that’s why.

As you probably know, our gobshite police force questioned an artist in recent days for putting a painting in a gallery without permission.
Imagine that. 
These policemen, not renowned for their subtlety, levels of literacy or cultural sophistication were sent out to intimidate a painter who made a joke about the leader of government, as [...]

Let’s just go through the mechanics of this ludicrous episode.

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An artist paints a picture.

No law broken.

He takes it to an art gallery where he leaves it, free of charge.

No law broken.

The painting is an unflattering portrait of a politician.

No law broken.

The gallery discovers the unauthorised painting and removes it quickly.

No law broken.

The national broadcaster reports [...]

The government has just announced the creation of a crack new unit within the Gardai. The Offensive Pictures-And-Other-Stuff-On-The-Wall Squad.
Intrigued, I phoned the Garda Press Office.
Hello. Is that the Garda Press Office?
‘Tis. Who’s that?
Bock. I just wanted to ask you about the crack new Garda unit. The Offensive Pictures-And-Other-Stuff-On-The-Wall Squad.
Oh yeah. [...]

I wrote to the Garda Press Office about this insane business, but that was two days ago and I originally intended to write something about the nature of the works in question.  However, we now discover that the Gardai have gone beyond simply investigating the incident, and have questioned an artist, Conor Casby, about painting [...]

Andrew Hanlon, a young Dubliner, was murdered in June last year in Silverton, Oregon, by policeman Tony Gonzalez.  The cop, acting together with one or more civilians, hunted the terrified, unarmed boy through the streets before shooting him dead.
Andrew was shot four times, and each shot was capable of killing him.
Gonzalez did not commit [...]